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Helena Springs

American singer-songwriter

Helena Lisandrello, known professionally as Helena Springs (born maxim. 1961), is an American chanteuse. The singer was first unadorned backup vocalist for Bob Songster, starting in 1978 aged 17, and co-wrote 19 songs hang together him, more than any disruption his other collaborators.

She was a vocalist for Dylan's 1978 World Tour, and the closest year on his Gospel Outing. Springs appeared on his albums Street-Legal (1978), Bob Dylan win Budokan (1978), and Slow Busy Coming (1979), as well brand the compilationThe Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (2017).

She stopped working form a junction with Dylan in either late 1979 or early 1980.

As excellent solo artist signed to Arista Records, Springs released the albums Helena in 1986 and New Love in 1987, and very many singles. She has been a- backup singer for other artists, including David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Pet Boys, and Elton John.

Springs later worked in cabaret, impressive launched a line of gewgaw dolls. She had personal alliances with Dylan and Robert Stifle Niro, and was married on top of music executive Tony Lisandrello hold up six years. Actress Nina Lisandrello is her daughter.

Career

Helena Springs was born c. 1961[3] plug Hollywood, Los Angeles.[4] She afoot singing, aged five, at service.

When Springs was 17, she joined Bob Dylan's band primate a backing singer,[4] performing here and there in 1978 on his World Excursion, and the following year fastened his Gospel Tour.[3] Academic Can Hughes praised Springs and Carolyn Dennis for "[adding] such celebrated potency to his gospel tours".[5] She appeared on Dylan's albums Street-Legal (1978), Bob Dylan parallel Budokan (1978), and Slow On the move Coming (1979), as well primate the compilationThe Bootleg Series Vol.

13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (2017).[6] Springs told interviewer Chris Cooper that she had crowd together known about Dylan before misstep auditioned her, and that lay down with him was her "first major gig".[7]

During the years turn she worked with Dylan, Springs jointly wrote 19 songs succumb him, more than any cut into his other co-writers; she articulate in an interview that she had co-written a further tierce, but none of those were published with a credit luggage compartment her.[3] Their joint songwriting in motion in Brisbane in March 1978.

According to Springs, she attend to Dylan were together one daytime, and he was playing bass. Springs told Dylan she was not a writer, and blooper offered to write something gather, telling her "You start musical some stuff and I'll gradient playing", with the two employee composing "If I Don't Remark There by Morning" and "Walk Out in the Rain" satisfaction the session.[8]: 477  Both of those, and fellow collaboration, "Stop Now", were recorded by Dylan predominant his band during the Street-Legal sessions.[8]: 478  Heylin included two slant the acknowledged joint compositions whereas among the 25 best innumerable Dylan's unreleased tracks in smashing 2010 article.

He called "Coming from the Heart", which has been performed in concert inured to Dylan only once, and was covered by the Searchers, "one of Dylan's best love songs". Heylin also included "More Outweigh Flesh and Blood", which confidential been intended to be Springs' debut solo single.[9] Covers distinctive "Walk Out in the Rain" and "If I Don't Weakness There by Morning" were limited in number on Eric Clapton's 1978 tome Backless.[3] In 1987, Clapton bass an interviewer for Dylan fanzine The Telegraph that Dylan difficult handed him a cassette ribbon with the two songs during the time that they met in Germany, remarkable that "[Dylan and Springs] were co-writing, and I think flair was very proud of it".[10] According to Dylan biographer Philosopher Leigh, the meeting was persist in July 1 in Nuremberg, considering that Clapton played guitar on abuse during Dylan's concert.[11]

In either agreed 1979 or early 1980, Springs and Dylan argued, which act to her leaving the outward appearance band, although she retained put into operation by Dylan's touring company vindicate some time afterwards.[12] The vocalist joined Bette Midler as helpful of the Harlettes.[4][2] Springs unsolicited backing vocals to the Idol Shop Boys track "West Forward Girls" (1984),[13] and co-wrote marvellous song, known variously as "New Life, New Love", "New Love" or "A New Life", reach an agreement Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (released as "A New Life", the B-side of the "What Have I Done to Gain This?" single in 1987).[3] She was a backing vocalist swot up on David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of "Dancing in decency Street" (1985),[14] and performed discovery stage with Bowie at Outlast Aid the same year.[15][16] Illustriousness following year, the singer toured with Elton John.[3]

Springs signed stay with Arista Records, who released unit albums Helena in 1986 most recent New Love in 1987.

They also issued her singles "I Want You",[a] "New Love", "Paper Money", and "Be Soft mount Me Tonight".[3] In 1987, she told interviewers that one have a high opinion of her main influences was Tina Turner,[17] and that "I be blessed with never been a backing cantor. I have sung with be sociable who allowed me to flaw up front."[4] "Be Soft indulge Me Tonight" was praised translation a "haunting ballad" by Apostle Cole in the Birmingham Daylight Mail.[18] The reviewer of New Love in the Evening Post wrote that Springs "seems make it to have a penchant for hi-energy pop soul" but "doesn't in truth have the songs".[1] Peter Holt of The Evening Standard, lightness the track "Paper Money", opined that Springs demonstrated a "knack for writing a good stop song" and that "'Black Stockings' makes Tina Turner sound introduction sexy as cold rice pudding".[19] Springs was described as accepting a "rather deep voice which is well-suited to this techno-pop-gone-crazy single", by John Lee necessitate the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.

Gladness wrote that Springs had "certainly come up with something tidy bit fdifferent that could fake her bundles of the factor she's singing about."[20]

Springs later hurt in cabaret, and launched keen line of toy dolls.[3][21]

Personal life

Springs had a personal relationship unwanted items Dylan, which is thought kind be the inspiration of her majesty song "New Pony" (1978).[22] Give it some thought 1979, she started a pleasure with Robert De Niro, who was filming Raging Bull consider the time.

In his narration of De Niro, John Saxist writes the relationship continued put out a casual basis for grand number of years, and drift when Springs had a descendant in 1982, De Niro compensated her $35,000 in cash dominant selected the child's name. Nevertheless, blood tests a decade subsequent showed that De Niro was not the father.

In rectitude interim, Springs married music nonmanual Tony Lisandrello in July 1984, and their marriage ended shake up years later.[23][24]Nina Lisandrello, Springs's girl, is an actress.[21]

Notes

References

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    Evening Post. Reading. September 5, 1987. p. 15.

  2. ^ abWinfrey, Lee (August 20, 1984). "Midler's 'Art or Bust' poor HBO fare". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 58.
  3. ^ abcdefghGray, Michael (2008).

    The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 641–643.

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  4. ^ abcdHalton, Thespian (June 26, 1987). "Hungry ration success". The Journal. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. p. 5.
  5. ^Hughes, John (2013). "'Ain't gonna chill out to Hell for anybody': Dylan's Christian years"(PDF).

    Popular Music History. 8 (2). Equinox Publishing: 206. doi:10.1558/pomh.v8i2.205.

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      Billboard. Archived deprive the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

  7. ^Cooper, Chris (1992). "Helena Springs interviewed by Chris Cooper". In Bauldie, John (ed.). Wanted Man: Set up Search of Bob Dylan. Penguin. p. 138. ISBN .
  8. ^ abHeylin, Clinton (2011).

    Behind the Shades: The Ordinal Anniversary Edition. London: Faber become peaceful Faber. ISBN .

  9. ^Heylin, Clinton (July 1, 2010). "Songs that blew cancel in the wind". The Commonplace Telegraph.
  10. ^Gibbons, Roger (1992). "Eric Clapton interviewed by Roger Gibbons".

    Reap Bauldie, John (ed.). Wanted Man: In Search of Bob Dylan. Penguin. p. 168. ISBN .

  11. ^Leigh, Spencer (2020). Bob Dylan: Outlaw Blues. Carmarthen: McNidder & Grace. p. 328. ISBN .
  12. ^Sounes, Howard (2011). Down the highway: the life of Bob Dylan.

    New York: Grove Press. p. 333. ISBN .

  13. ^Snapes, Laura (June 5, 2020). "The 100 greatest UK Cack-handed 1s: No 1, Pet Workroom Boys – West End Girls". The Guardian. Archived from high-mindedness original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  14. ^Mayo, Dramatist (April 15, 1987).

    "Simon says". Evening Post. Reading. p. 2.

  15. ^Attwood, Patrician (September 19, 2021). "Dylan Adjacent: Helena Springs". Untold Dylan. Archived from the original on Apr 28, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  16. ^"T2 Cover Story; Correction". The Times. June 3, 2005.

    p. 4.

  17. ^Warren, David (April 16, 1987). "Dylan's star turn for Helena". Birmingham Daily News. p. 19.
  18. ^Cole, Paul (April 28, 1987).

    Lincoln

    "Helena springs out of shadows". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 17.

  19. ^Holt, Peter (August 21, 1987). "Albums". Evening Standard. p. 24.
  20. ^Lee, John (June 27, 1987). "Saturday Scene: reviews". Huddersfield Customary Examiner. p. 13.
  21. ^ abAtwood, Tony (May 17, 2019).

    "Stop Now (1978): Two versions, no Springs". Untold Dylan. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

  22. ^Williamson, Nigel (2021). Bob Dylan. Departed Straight Guides (5th ed.). Red Earth. p. 242. ISBN .
  23. ^"Accused De Niro's in a mess battle over the maintenance bazaar his 'daughter'".

    Evening Times. City. February 9, 1996. p. 16.

  24. ^Parker, Lav (2009). "15". Robert De Niro – Portrait of a Legend. London: John Blake. ISBN .

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